T-Mobile is currently offering a new $50 Simply Prepaid plan that includes unlimited voice, messaging and data with the first 10 GB of data at high speed. That's a better deal than T-Mobile's regular Simply Prepaid plans which come with 4 GB of high speed data for $45 or 6 GB for $55.

The T-Mobile site says that the $50 plan is a limited time offer with no indication of how long it's available for. Unlike some other operators, T-Mobile has always been good about grandfathering its plans, so when this promotion ends I expect customers who are on the plan will be able to keep their 10 GB.

The new plan is available online to both new and current customers, as it shows up as an available plan that I could switch to on my My T-Mobile OLAM dashboard (image below).

According to the fine print on the T-Mobile Prepaid site the $50 plan has the same perks and limitations as the other Simply Prepaid plans. That means that includes unlimited music streaming that doesn't count against your data cap, hotspot privileges, unlimited domestic voice and text roaming, 100 MB of data roaming and Data Maximizer, which throttles video to 1.5 mbps. Data Maximizer can be turned off if you's prefer HD video at the expense of greater data consumption. Calling and texting to and roaming in Canada and Mexico can be added for $5 per month, Unlimited international calling and texting can be added for $15 per month.

Video streams at 480p with Binge On and it doesn't count against the high speed data allotment. I've used YouTube and Netflix and I noticed that it doesn't count against my data since it streams at standard DVD quality.I tried the simply prepaid plan and data maximizer still counts. One more thing I forgot to mention is that music freedom was also available on the $30 plan.

Anon417, assuming you are also anon650, you seem to be interested in more minutes over data. Then yes, the $30 Metro plan may be more competitive (unless you need almost no data--then you can get unl T&T for $20 and less.) But that's not the general direction user are driving the industry in (minutes over data.)

When you have more data and don't want to spend more for the billing cycle, you can compensate for a 100 minute limit with Google Hangouts, etc. But not the other way around (when you need more data on an unl T&T plan.)

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